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SUPPORT FOR BATHROOM sua'mms Filed April 27, 1948 INVEN TOR. BEA MAM5/?- BY f4? iv.

Patented Oct. 10, 1950 f OFFICE 2,525,048 S-UPPORTFOR BATHROOM oUaTAiNsw Bertram Siff, New York, l

Application April 27, 1948, Serial No. 23,525

2 Claims. 1

This invention relates to new and useful inprovements in supports forbath room curtains, or the like, and it has for its object to providemeans whereby said curtains will screen the bath tube at all times andthus facilitate a persons entry int and out of a bath tub without at thesame time exposing the bath room floor to a spray of Water.

Another object of my invention is to provide a device for the abovepurpose which is inexpensive to manufacture and which may be easilydetached when, for instance, a tenant moves from an apartment, as itwill furnish no integral part of the appurtenances of a building.

The device consists of a couple or more bars hinged together and a pairof overlapping cur tains, as will be hereinafter further described.

If snapfasteners are used for attaching bath room curtains to my devisedcurtain rods, the female parts'of said snapfasteners may be furnishedwith said rods for those who prefer to make their own curtains.

It is to be understood that my device may be made of any suitablematerial, such as metal, plastic or a combination thereof.

' With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists ofthe novel features of construction, combination and arrangement ofparts, hereinafter fully described, claimed and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings forming part of this application, and in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in allviews, and in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of my device.

Figure 2 is a front elevational view of same, with curtains attached,and showing my device connected to the conventional'curtain rod.

Figure 3 is a top plan View of Figure 4.

Figure 4 is an elevational view showing a modification of my device withparts broken off.

Figure 5 is a section taken on the line 5-5 in Figure 2; while Figure 6is a detail elevational view showing a h nge joint of my invention, and

Figure 7 is an elevational view showing as a modification a telescopicfeature.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numeral Iil indicatesthe conventional bath room curtain support.

A substantially rectangular main bar it is provided with a hinge [4about centrally thereof,

so that it may be'easily taken down and collapsed in case of removal bya tenant, or housecleaning.

Means, for instance, as shown herein, metal straps i5 and it are securedto the bar II in order to detachably connect said bar to theconventional support [0, as one strap l5 enters into an eyelet ll in theother strap [6 and is next bent upon itself, as may be seen in Figure 5.

Two rectangular side bars l2 and I3 are arranged one upon each side ofthe main bar II and rigidly secured to the latter by short rods 18.

A plurality of members I9 bent upon them selves into a substantiallyrectangular shape are adapted to slide on the rectangular bars 12 andI3; said members I 9 are, however, upon their inner sides formed with acentral open space 2| to permit them to slide over the short rods l8;roller bearings 26 are mounted at the top and bottom of the members 9 tofacilitate the movement of the latter on the side bars 12 and I3.

Snap fasteners 29, or the like, are secured to the members l9 andadapted to connect the bath room curtains to the latter; the male parts36 of said fasteners 24! are secured to the members [9 and the femaleparts 3! to the curtains.

It will be apparent from Figure 2 that the bars 12 and i3 overlap eachother, upon each side of the main bar ll, thus also permitting the bathroom curtains 28 and 28' hung on said bars to overlap each otheraccordingly.

In Figures 3 and 4 have been shown a modification to the effect that ifmy device is to be used where the stationary curtain support has a bendor curvature, my device is formed with correspondingly shapeddove-tailed end portions as shown at 22 and 32, in Figure 4, while a rod24 is inserted vertically through a hole 23 in said dove-tailed parts.

Stop brackets 35 are arranged at each end of the rods I2 and [3 torestrict the movements of the rollers l9.

In Figure '7 is shown means for elongating the main rod I l, which ishollow.

Said means consists of a bar 34; slidably disposed within the bar I I,as suitable arrangements, or changes are made, if necessary, to obtainsuch telescoping operation.

It is obvious that changes may be made in the form, construction andarrangement of the several parts, as shown, within the scope of theappended claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention, andI do not, therefore, wish to limit myself to the exact constructionshown and described herein.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is:

1. Device for the support and manipulation of bath room curtainscomprising, in combination,

2. A device, as claimed in claim 1, and wherein said bar is providedwith a hinge upon its lower surface for collapsing the bar.

BERTRAM SIFF.

4 REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,416,733 Matson May 23, 19222,152,474 Groves Mar. 28, 1939 2,185,305 Marchand Jan. 2, 1940 2,320,308Silverman May 25, 1943 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 114,907 GreatBritain Apr. 25, 1918

